B.C. will use mass timber to the greatest extent possible in building public housing, schools and hospitals within its $20-billion capital plan, Horgan promised.
Premier John Horgan promised that the province will build a major modernization of the Royal B.C. Museum using mass-timber components as a first step to kickstart demand for made-in-B.C., value added products.
“Announcing that the Royal B.C. Museum upgrade will be done with mass timber is transformative for the institution and also for the sector,” Horgan said. “Similarly, St. Paul’s and other projects will create a domestic market, and from there, we can start to market to other jurisdictions.” “If we don’t have a transformation away from the high-volume to the high-value economy, we’re going to be struggling,” Horgan said. “And this is not a surprise to anyone, nor did it just arrive on my watch. But as we deal with that downturn, we need to also deal with the approach.
Horgan sent a letter, dated April 1, to industry executives, First Nations, community and labour leaders looking for their participation in the engagement process. Instead of a top-down prescription, Horgan said government is looking for, and will support, development of an “inclusive, implementable TSA-level vision for industry competitiveness and community economic stability.”
However, Yurkovich said industry representatives are still figuring out Horgan’s offer to take part in the engagement process for revitalizing the Interior’s forest industry.
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